Improved ice-creeper



UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GIL ZERT IL. BAILEY, OFI PORTLAND, MAIN.

IM PROV'ED ICE-CRE'EPER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No'. 34,869, dated April 8, 1862.

To all whontit may concern..-l l Beit known that I, GILBERT L. BAILEY, of Portland, in the county of Cumberland, in the State of Maine, have invented a new and lmproved Creeper to Prevent Slipping on Ice; 'and I do hereby declare that the following is n a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawt ings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification;-4 in which- Figure 'l shows the bottom of the creep'er and its.position on the foot, and Fig.2 shows the upper part, or that which goes next the foot, and the spurand shoulders which hold its upper side, or that side which goes neirt n the foot, to prevent its moving forward or back or laterally, the whole forming" a very cheap and eiiicient creeper to preventslipping on ice. l

'13o enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The part A A,which rests on the heel, is provided with shoulders I I, which bear against the front part of the heel and serve to prevent it from slipping kback, and also with a spur D, which penetrates the leather of the heel, and in conjunction with shoulders I I prevents any lateral or forward movement by slipping. The spurs T TT,which take in the ice, are also attached to this part of the Creeper on the side opposite the spur D.

There is an extension of the metal of which the cre'eper is formed from thepart A, carrying the ice-spurs TT T, along the hollow and toward the ball of the foot or boot, (when the ,crecper is attached theret0,) made to conform somewhat to the form of the hollow of the foot. In this extended part there are two openin gs E E-one near each edge-by means `of which (the extension and the. openings) the Creeper can be held' up to the foot with only a single strap. The strap is. put through the openings E E, in at one side and out at the other, bringing that part of the strap which is directly under the foot between the sole and the extended part of the creep'er, thuspro tectin g it from contact with the ice or pavement, while the ends' are carried upv over suitable means When the creeper is fastened to the foot, the forward end of the extended part rests against the sole of the boot at a point about -t-wo inches from the front part of the heel, while that part A carrying thc ice-spurs 'l T 'l rests on thc heel near the front part X of the same. .f

The advantages of this creeper over all others are` its simplicity, and consequent cheapness of construction, convenience of 'at tachment and detachment, and the position it occupies on the foot, as well as its lightness and compactness.

In a creeper, the extended part containing GILBERT L. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. J ERRIs, JOHN lM.' ADAMS.

the'foot andconnected by a buckle or` other n the'openings E E, in combination with spur 

